# Cleaning engine parts **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [December 22, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281 "2009-12-22T13:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/1 "2009-12-22T13:53:51Z")
I’m attempting to do a full restoration on my engine. I started off wire brushing and painting all the parts but I’m not sure if that is the finish I want now. Also, I need a better way of cleaning the block and heads. Everything looks like this ![http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af356/LKSi89/Integra/100_1861.jpg](http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af356/LKSi89/Integra/100_1861.jpg) Any tips on cleaning? Is it save to soda blast an assembled block/heads if I protect the right places? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/2 "2009-12-22T13:54:31Z")
what type of metal is it? ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/3 "2009-12-22T13:55:24Z")
get some purple power kid ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/4 "2009-12-22T13:57:04Z")
Everything is aluminum. I have purple power, but it doesn’t do much. ---
**Author:** ![dkid15](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dkid15/32/6398_2.png) [@dkid15](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dkid15)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/5 "2009-12-22T13:57:31Z")
I use that purple cleaner for everything. But on my assembled motor a wire wheel worked very well to take off carbon buildup and other junk like that. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/6 "2009-12-22T13:57:32Z")
well then your not usin it right. i only use it because mike with max stole it for me from advanced ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/7 "2009-12-22T13:58:41Z")
> [@nyspeed help me decide!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-help-me-decide/27573/31): > > well then your not usin it right. > [@FR: Apartment in Rochester](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fr-apartment-in-rochester/27291/26): > > i only use it because mike with max stole it for me from advanced :rofl :rofl :rofl ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/8 "2009-12-22T14:00:46Z")
I don’t have 22.5 different sized grinders to get in all the nooks and crannys with a wire wheel, steam clean doesn’t do anything, and purple power and simple green suck. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/9 "2009-12-22T14:06:43Z")
> [@ATTN: Newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-newman/27596/13): > > I don’t have 22.5 different sized grinders to get in all the nooks and crannys with a wire wheel, steam clean doesn’t do anything, and purple power and simple green suck. now you are going overboard kid. don’t talk shit about purple power. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/10 "2009-12-22T14:09:27Z")
Soak some parts in that mysterious shit we have in the Folger’s container at work :rofl ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/11 "2009-12-22T14:10:36Z")
in all seriousness can’t you sandblast the parts? i’m sure the cameo expert at hvcc has suttin you can duke em good in ---
**Author:** ![whitecivic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc29f/32.png) [@whitecivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitecivic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/12 "2009-12-22T14:14:15Z")
if you let the purple power soak for a bit then use some carb and choke cleaner or arosol spray cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/13 "2009-12-22T14:16:54Z")
> [@Rare NYSPEED cars, for real.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rare-nyspeed-cars-for-real/27584/58): > > Everything is aluminum. I have purple power, but it doesn’t do much. wire wheel and wd40 has worked WONDERs for me ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/14 "2009-12-22T14:22:04Z")
[http://ecki.com/vst//prdt459.htm](http://ecki.com/vst//prdt459.htm) carb-off! we used to clean freezers at my old job it will eat paint off metal! itll clean anything! just spray it on let it set and wipe it off! ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/15 "2009-12-22T15:49:59Z")
> [@WTB: turbo parts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-turbo-parts/27588/16): > > wire wheel and wd40 has worked WONDERs for me How do you get in the little nooks? The wire wheels for rotary tools last about 2 seconds and are expensive as hell. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/16 "2009-12-22T15:52:21Z")
i just use a cone shaped wire wheel on the end of a drill. ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/17 "2009-12-22T15:53:50Z")
> [@Anyone know where Jim's steak out Gets the SS sheeting in their kitchens?4X8 sheet](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-where-jims-steak-out-gets-the-ss-sheeting-in-their-kitchens-4x8-sheet/27602/2): > > i just use a cone shaped wire wheel on the end of a drill. Genius, I’ll have to grab one of those. Do they last awhile? ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/18 "2009-12-22T15:58:32Z")
> [@Anyone know where Jim's steak out Gets the SS sheeting in their kitchens?4X8 sheet](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-where-jims-steak-out-gets-the-ss-sheeting-in-their-kitchens-4x8-sheet/27602/2): > > i just use a cone shaped wire wheel on the end of a drill. Yes this. For cheap you can even get a 21$ corded drill and 4.75 wirewheel from walmart. ive used mine so much i thought it would die by now… Heres the drill and wirewheel from walmart. (didnt want to kill my ryobi) and btw the wheel lookss like that after 5 weeks of grinding on shit. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/Ghost112/1015092311.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/e/5e365ba021ccffac5bec508974280889e4430110.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/19 "2009-12-22T16:01:40Z")
I already have an angle grinder with 4.5" wire wheels. I have everything I can reach with that all cleaned up ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281/20 "2009-12-22T17:11:26Z")
if its alu while the motor is cool and degreased use that wire wheel cleaner " for rims " thats like a acid soak the motor down in that for a few min then rinse off well ,shit will look like new [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cleaning-engine-parts/249281.md?page=2)